• Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000, novel by L. Ron Hubbard, which spawned the B-movie starring John Travolta.

3,000 POUNDS or FEET

• Weight of newly discovered Gigantoraptor, the Goliath of birdlike dinosaurs discovered by fossil hunters in Inner Mongolia, which could not fly but had avian characteristics. It was about 25 feet long and more than 16 feet tall.

• Height of proposed pyramid for Toyko Bay.

• Mazda 3 GT Sport curb weight.

• Number of feet you have to climb to claim a summit, according to the debated 3,000-foot rule.

• Weight of three baby Macs — more or less. The Houston Zoo is asking patrons to guess the date when Mac, who weighed 384 pounds when he was born Oct. 1, will hit the half-ton mark. The winner gets to meet Mac. Register at www.houstonzoo.org.

Kevin Fujii: Chronicle

On March 1 Mac weighed 708 pounds.

$3,000

• Average monthly house payment for first-time home buyers in Sydney, Australia.

• Amount needed for the tests to determine the identity of Eric Cartman’s mother in South Park.

• What Froggy spent on the seeing-eye dog for Matt Murdock in Daredevil.

• Estimated value of edition copy of Pumpkin Moonshine (Oxford University Press, 1938), Tasha Tudor’s first book that is coming up for auction July 12 at PBA Galleries.

• Cost of five Apple iPhones 8GB model, which go on sale Friday.

3,000 CALORIES

• 3 Denny’s French slam breakfasts

• 6 McDonald’s Crispy Chicken Deluxe sandwiches

• 10 Starbucks Blended Coffee Frappuccino, Venti

• 11 Krispy Kreme glazed donuts

• 14 Taco Bell Taco Supremes

Source: shapefit.com

Buena Vista Pictures

“No license, no registration, no plates, no headlights, no taillights, no WHEELS, and I caught you going 3,000 mph. That’s (punches calculator) 2,945 mph in excess of the posted limit.”